Swedish documentary and CiTR 101.9 FM radio interview David Smith about war and its origins
In 2011 a Swedish production company flew David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., 51小黄车associate professor of philosophy, to Israel to be one of the experts featured a TV documentary entitled M盲nniskans f枚rsta krig (Mankind's First Wars), which deals with the prehistoric origins of war.
Other participants include the famous archaeologists Stephen Mithen and Ian Hodder, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, the Indian historian Romila Thapar and Chinese archaeologist An Jiayuan. The film has recently premiered at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, and was very well received.
They filmed in Jerusalem and the West Bank for several days, including the ruins of the ancient fortified city of Jericho. The film has just premiered at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, and was very well received. Here's a link to some information:
Smith, was also recently interviewed by CiTR 101.9 FM, University of British Columbia, for a program titled "The Art of War: A Visual History of Propaganda and Dissent since the Bombing of Guernica."
Smith discussed his book Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others. Smith's interview begins at 38:15.
Smith is also the author of The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War and Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception.